Chapter Summaries

Gu Shaoshang rescued Wang Lin from a tiger, got him accepted into the Hengyue Sect, and left him the Heavenly Reversal Bead. Months later, Situ Nan appeared inside the bead and began questioning Wang Lin’s reason for cultivating immortality before agreeing to teach him.

• Gu Shaoshang saved Wang Lin from a white tiger as Wang Lin tried to join the Hengyue Sect after being rejected for his poor aptitude.
• Gu Shaoshang assured Wang Lin that his talent lay in his willpower and comprehension, then took him to the Hengyue Sect and altered a middle-aged cultivator’s mind so Wang Lin would be accepted.
• Gu Shaoshang gave Wang Lin the Heavenly Reversal Bead and departed, leaving Wang Lin with mixed feelings about entering the sect.
• After several months, Wang Lin struggled to reach the first layer of Qi Condensation despite the bead’s help, and Situ Nan appeared inside it.
• Situ Nan berated Wang Lin, asked why he cultivated immortality, and declared that cultivation was about enjoying oneself before offering to teach him.

After decades of wandering and studying cultivation, Gu Shaoshang reflected on his life and arrived at a remote village, where he met Old Man Wang, the father of Wang Lin. He stayed with the old carpenter and asked to learn carpentry from him.

• Gu Shaoshang reached the sixty-ninth level of his Unique Qi Cultivation Art while traveling across Vermillion Bird Star and studying its sects’ records.
• As he walked through the mountains, Gu Shaoshang reflected on how his experiences had changed his heart and settled into a more ordinary, tempered state of mind.
• Gu Shaoshang arrived at a small village and followed directions to Old Man Wang’s house, where he asked for a place to stay.
• Old Man Wang told Gu Shaoshang about his son Tiezhu, who had become an immortal’s disciple but had not visited in over ten years.
• Gu Shaoshang recognized the boy in Old Man Wang’s unfinished carving as Wang Lin and saw the many carvings recording the boy’s life.
• Gu Shaoshang asked Old Man Wang to teach him carpentry, and the old man agreed.

Gu Shaoshang spent nearly ten years living as a mortal in a village, honing his carving and gaining insight into his heart. As he prepared to end this quiet life, Teng Huayuan massacred the Wang Family in revenge for Wang Lin and arrived above Wang Lin’s village.

• Gu Shaoshang stayed in the village, learning craftsmanship from Old Man Wang and helping the old couple with farm work.
• Over nearly ten years, Gu Shaoshang carved thousands of lifelike figures but left every one without eyes.
• Gu Shaoshang explained that carving eyes meant carving the mind, then reflected that his mortal life had benefited him more than ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Teng Huayuan persuaded Fellow Daoist Qiming to locate the Wang Family, then attacked its estate and killed its members while collecting their souls in a demonic banner.
• Wang Lin’s third uncle revealed where Wang Lin’s parents lived, and Teng Huayuan killed him before destroying the Wang Family estate.
• Teng Huayuan reached Wang Lin’s village and called him a little beast.

Wang Lin sensed the slaughter of his family, while Gu Shaoshang protected Old Man Wang and his wife by using a wooden carving to kill Teng Huayuan. After Wang Lin returned to the village, Gu Shaoshang encountered a mysterious message in the Sea of Demonic Cultivation offering a path beyond the Great Tribulation.

• Wang Lin felt his bloodline agony and saw visions of Teng Huayuan killing his family, then collapsed in grief as cold spiritual power froze the surrounding plants.
• Teng Huayuan threatened Old Man Wang and his wife, but Gu Shaoshang sent out a wooden carving that transformed into Ba Liming and destroyed Teng Huayuan and his treasures with one punch.
• Gu Shaoshang reassured the elderly couple, restored some of their vitality, and left protective wooden carvings behind before departing the village.
• Wang Lin returned days later, overwhelmed by guilt and grief, and waited until nightfall before entering the village.
• Gu Shaoshang heard a mysterious intent in the Sea of Demonic Cultivation speak of the Great Tribulation and an offer to the path of cultivation.

Gu Shaoshang reflected on his encounter with Lu Mo in the Immortal Path World and returned to the Holy Martial Kingdom, where he learned that his Primordial World was nearing a major evolution. He discovered that the God Slaying Spear had begun forming from accumulated killing qi and might become the world's first Innate Spiritual Treasure.

• Gu Shaoshang recognized Lu Mo as Wang Lin's Slaughter Origin avatar, and Lu Mo's will faded after their encounter.
• A willow twig nourished by Gu Shaoshang's spiritual energy gained intelligence, called him father, and was sent through the Myriad Heavens Mirror to another world.
• Gu Shaoshang returned to his body in the Holy Martial Eight Dragon Chariot and reflected on what he had learned about the path to Innate Divine Demons.
• Hong Shang told Gu Shaoshang that the Primordial World had been absorbing fragments of an imprint from the Endless Chaos with each kalpa.
• Hong Shang reported that a being in the western demonic caverns had obtained the God Slaying Spear, formed from Pan Shang's body.
• Hong Shang explained that killing qi from the White Snake World and the Shrouding the Heavens World, combined with the Primordial World's Slaughter Origin, had brought the God Slaying Spear close to becoming an Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Gu Shaoshang learned that reversing the Primordial World's evolution could greatly accelerate its growth, but would require more than 14 billion Source Power. He called on his incarnations to gather more, then arrived at Holy Martial City with Wang Yuanshi.

• Gu Shaoshang let the God Slaying Spear continue absorbing slaughter qi and considered how outside forces might aid the Primordial World's evolution.
• Gu Shaoshang asked Hong Shang to assess reversing the Primordial World's progression, and Hong Shang calculated a cost of 14.76543 billion Source Power with a thirty percent chance of success.
• Gu Shaoshang sent a message to his incarnations across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds that he needed Source Power, and they cautiously increased their efforts to collect it.
• Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi arrived at Holy Martial City, where Wang Yuanshi explained that the vast city was a near-sacred magic treasure capable of housing nearly a trillion people.

Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi arrived at the Holy Martial King's Capital to receive titles after winning first place for humanity in the Myriad Races Grand Competition. The acting city lords told them that no great-city posts were vacant, then hinted that only one great city remained available.

• Duan Yu led Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi across the capital's vast moat and explained how its city spirit enforced order.
• Yu Tingche and Feng Linwan discussed how to reward the pair, noting that there were no vacant posts as lords of great cities and that Gu Shaoshang was the Holy Dragon King's direct disciple.
• Duan Yu brought Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi to the City Lord's Manor, hoping to attach himself to Gu Shaoshang once his new city was decided.
• Gu Shaoshang and Wang Yuanshi met Yu Tingche and Feng Linwan, who praised their achievements and explained the shortage of available appointments.
• Feng Linwan began to say that only one great city was available, prompting Wang Yuanshi to ask what he meant.

Gu Shaoshang accepted the dangerous post of city lord in Xiaoyao City and set out with Duan Yu, while a figure emerged from a Blood Lotus in a distant Great World. The chapter left the youth questioning whether he had sensed Source Power.

• Feng Linwan assigned Gu Shaoshang the city lord position in Xiaoyao City, where seven previous city lords had died, and Yu Tingche warned him against provoking the Holy Dragon King.
• Duan Yu told Gu Shaoshang about the deaths in Xiaoyao City, but Gu Shaoshang chose to go there and Duan Yu decided to follow him.
• Wang Yuanshi parted from Gu Shaoshang, promising to meet him again in a hundred years at the contest for kings and marquises.
• Gu Shaoshang and Duan Yu departed for Xiaoyao City in the Holy Martial Eight Dragon Chariot.
• In a distant Great World, a strange Divine Beast witnessed two crimson gazes rise from a Blood Sea, and a youth emerged from a blooming Blood Lotus holding black and white swords.
• The youth spoke of Source Power.

Gu Shaoshang learned that Ming Shang’s premature birth had already yielded vast amounts of Source Power, bringing him close to the ten billion needed to reverse the Primordial World. After traveling toward Xiaoyao City and preparing for its dangers, he ordered Hong Shang to begin reversing the Primordial World’s time and space.

• Ming Shang was born early in the Blood Sea and declared himself its ruler, while his world rapidly supplied Source Power.
• Gu Shaoshang discovered that his Source Power had reached nearly ten billion and reviewed intelligence about Xiaoyao City, learning that its lord Feng Linwan was Marquis Dinghai.
• Gu Shaoshang delayed his arrival at Xiaoyao City, directing the Eight-Dragon Carriage toward Duan Yu’s fief and giving Duan Yu a powerful gourd for protection.
• After more than thirty years of travel, Gu Shaoshang neared Marquis Dinghai’s domain and saw that his Source Power was still just short of ten billion.
• Hong Shang reported that he had established nearly ten billion formation platforms across the Primordial World, and Gu Shaoshang ordered him to begin the reversal.

Gu Shaoshang reversed the Primordial World's evolution through the River of Time and Space, bringing it to an age after the final tribulation before planting its last trace of Source Power. In that distant future, Gu Changfeng was pulled into a virtual-game advertisement after lamenting his bleak life.

• Gu Shaoshang and Hong Shang guided the Primordial World through its destined eras and reversed its evolution to the age after the final tribulation.
• Hong Shang merged into the Heavenly Dao, and Gu Shaoshang used the world's River of Time and Space to direct the reversal.
• Gu Changfeng watched an advertisement about ancient myths on his optical computer, dismissed it as a scam, and shut it off.
• Gu Changfeng reflected on his poverty, his life as a transmigrator, and his hatred of the Shang race's foul-tasting food allowance.
• Gu Changfeng switched on his optical computer, and the advertisement page swallowed him as he screamed.

Gu Changfeng and several other beta testers arrived in a frozen mountain world, where Zhang Heng explained that they could gain powers but had only one life. After Gu Changfeng opened his novice gift pack, Jialong killed a Snow Demon, but hundreds of arms then rose from beneath the snow as the group fled.

• Gu Changfeng awoke in the snow, met Zhang Heng and the other beta testers, and learned that their watches issued missions and rewards.
• Zhang Heng demonstrated his strength, introduced himself and the others, then flew away on silver wings.
• Gu Changfeng claimed his novice gift pack and received a system message that his activated talent was hidden behind question marks.
• A Snow Demon burst from the ice and attacked the group, so Jialong charged it while Gu Changfeng initially tried to run.
• Jialong killed the Snow Demon, but hundreds of arms emerged from beneath the snow, prompting him and the others to flee.

Gu Changfeng and the other beta-test players survived a massive avalanche and learned that the game’s abilities could be brought back to reality. During his watch, Gu Changfeng discovered his talent could copy another person’s abilities at half strength and chose whom to target.

• Zhao Qi led Gu Changfeng and the others away from the Snow Demons as their roars triggered a massive avalanche.
• Zhao Qi and the others took shelter behind a low snow peak, and the group emerged without casualties after the avalanche buried the Snow Demons.
• At their cave camp, Wang Zhongchao told the group that the military had studied the game and confirmed its powers could be brought back to reality.
• Dugu Feng shared roasted meat with the group, and Gu Changfeng later took the first night watch with Zhao Qi.
• Gu Changfeng inspected his talent and discovered he could obtain another person’s talents and abilities by holding their hand for a minute, retaining half their effectiveness.
• After considering his companions’ possible abilities, Gu Changfeng made up his mind about whom to copy.

Gu Changfeng gained Jialong’s Point Allocation ability by provoking him into examining his poor Root Bone, then joined the others as they planned to hunt Snow Demons. Meanwhile, Gu Shaoshang continued reversing the Primordial World using imprints from across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, accepting a thirty percent chance of success.

• Gu Changfeng persuaded Jialong to examine his bones and acquired Jialong’s Point Allocation ability through his talent.
• Gu Changfeng wondered what energy Point Allocation required, then kept watch with Jialong through an eerie night that passed without attack.
• Wang Zhongchao and the others discussed the Side Missions and agreed that Snow Demons could help them earn progress toward slaying a hundred demons.
• Dugu Feng headed toward the snowy mountain, and Feng Jue and the others left the cave to hunt separately.
• Gu Shaoshang drew world and outstanding-figure imprints into the Primordial World as he reversed its timeline, and he chose to proceed despite having only a thirty percent chance of victory.

Gu Shaoshang watched the Primordial World’s plan unfold, then headed toward Xiaoyao City to investigate its hidden dangers and prepare a place for Gu Family Village. The Myriad Heavens Mirror was repaired as the chapter ended.

• Gu Shaoshang observed the Primordial World drawing in Dao imprints and decided to await the coming storm while continuing to temper himself.
• Duan Yu punished Naihe City's officials for collecting taxes ten thousand years in advance and ordered a crackdown on the city's corrupt administrators.
• Duan Yu affirmed his resolve to follow Gu Shaoshang, whom he regarded as a future supreme figure.
• Gu Shaoshang praised Duan Yu's decisiveness, then summoned him and set out for Xiaoyao City to investigate who was operating there in secret.
• The Holy Martial Eight Dragon Chariot traveled toward Xiaoyao City, and the Myriad Heavens Mirror was repaired.

Gu Shaoshang examined the repaired six-star Myriad Heavens Mirror and confronted the sentient Immortal Slaying Gourd, which tried to bargain its way out of the Myriad Heavens Warehouse. The gourd remained trapped after Gu Shaoshang demanded its treasure true spirit as the price of release.

• Gu Shaoshang inspected the six-star Myriad Heavens Mirror and noted that restoring it to seven stars required a Seven-star Great World Heavenly Dao and immense Source Power.
• Gu Shaoshang entered the Myriad Heavens Warehouse and deliberately let time flow, prompting the Immortal Slaying Gourd to attack and attempt escape.
• Gu Shaoshang sealed the warehouse again and discovered a tiny figure, Gourd Boy, living within the gourd.
• Gourd Boy boasted of his ancient origins and called on powerful beings to help him escape, but Gu Shaoshang recognized the ploy and refused to release him.
• Gu Shaoshang demanded Gourd Boy's treasure true spirit in exchange for freedom, and Gourd Boy angrily rejected the demand.

Gu Shaoshang continued tempering his Martial Dao while trying to persuade the Immortal Slaying Gourd to surrender its true spirit. After the gourd finally handed it over, Gu Shaoshang absorbed it and faced the artifact’s overwhelming slaughter intent.

• Gu Shaoshang cultivated for years, refining his Martial Dao and developing a path beyond the Vast Continent’s usual Divine Demon progression.
• After repeated visits and negotiations, Gu Shaoshang told the Immortal Slaying Gourd he would not ask again, and the gourd agreed to give him its true spirit.
• Gu Shaoshang used the Myriad Heavens Mirror to verify the tiny gourd’s identity, then drew it into his hand across the Endless Chaos.
• The true spirit flew into Gu Shaoshang’s brow and flooded his mind with the Immortal Slaying Gourd’s slaughter intent and countless visions of battle.
• Gu Shaoshang’s will resisted the onslaught and split into hundreds of millions to fight the heroic spirits.

Gu Shaoshang subdued the Immortal Slaying Gourd’s true spirit after a dangerous battle of wills and arrived at Xiaoyao City, where seven previous city lords had died mysteriously. He summoned the gourd from the Myriad Heavens Warehouse and prepared to face the anxious officials waiting outside.

• Gu Shaoshang fought the Immortal Slaying Gourd’s true spirit, with support from the Primordial World, until he subdued it and brought his will close to the Divine Demon Sixth Layer.
• Elder Wang, Feng Xiaolin, and Yu Hongyi discussed the unexplained deaths of seven Xiaoyao City lords and worried about the new lord’s arrival.
• Duan Yu and Xiaoyao City’s officials greeted Gu Shaoshang’s Eight Dragon Chariot, but Duan Yu refused to enter the city without his lord.
• Gu Shaoshang opened the Myriad Heavens Warehouse, startling the gourd child when he sensed his subdued true spirit.
• Gu Shaoshang called the Immortal Slaying Gourd out of the Warehouse, and it drifted into his hand despite the gourd child’s protests.

Gu Shaoshang arrived in Xiaoyao City with the Immortal Slaying Gourd and prepared to investigate the deaths of its seven previous City Lords. He ordered the area around the City Lord’s Manor evacuated before confronting whatever threat awaited him there.

• Gu Shaoshang brought Little Gourd Baby into the Vast Continent, where it was astonished by the world’s power and could not travel through the void.
• Gu Shaoshang left his chariot and led the Xiaoyao City officials, including Duan Yu and Yu Hongyi, toward the city.
• Little Gourd Baby loudly teased Gu Shaoshang about Yu Hongyi, so Gu Shaoshang sealed its mouth with his will.
• The white-robed elder told Gu Shaoshang that Xiaoyao City had three hundred thousand troops and that all seven previous City Lords had met with misfortune in the manor.
• Gu Shaoshang reached the City Lord’s Manor and ordered the residents within a hundred thousand miles evacuated and every formation activated.

Gu Shaoshang demolished Xiaoyao City's City Lord's Manor to expose the strange force he sensed there, destroying the formation protecting the region. The act unleashed an aura of Innate Divine power that froze the surrounding world, leaving Gu Shaoshang barely able to move.

• Gu Shaoshang sensed an elusive aura connected to the City Lord's Manor, while Little Gourd recognized the city's strangeness but kept silent.
• After nearly a month, the relocation of Xiaoyao City's residents was completed, and Gu Shaoshang announced that he would demolish the City Lord's Manor.
• The white-robed elder and other officials warned Gu Shaoshang that the manor housed a formation core laid by the High Priest, but he drove them away with his fist intent.
• Gu Shaoshang struck the manor with a single step, destroying it and its formation while leaving the surrounding city intact.
• Feng Linwan sensed the formation's destruction and rushed toward the Jinghai Marquisate, while an immense aura emerged from the crater and froze the region.
• Gu Shaoshang recognized the aura as Innate Divine power and struggled to keep his will moving.

Gu Shaoshang resisted the Huntian Divine Monkey’s Innate aura as the creature’s emergence lifted Xiaoyao City and vast territories into the sky. After regaining his senses, he learned the monkey was a nearly Innate royal descendant, while Divine Wasteland’s marquises gathered to protect the people.

• Gu Shaoshang’s faint Innate traits helped him regain awareness under the Huntian Divine Monkey’s aura, while Little Gourd realized Gu Shaoshang might one day break through to Innate.
• The Huntian Divine Monkey’s enormous finger and fur lifted Xiaoyao City and surrounding territories high into the sky, endangering nearly ten trillion citizens.
• Feng Linwan rushed toward the rising pillar, and Divine Wasteland’s powerful marquises assembled as Marquis Jinghai considered using his flawed Divine World to contain the monkey.
• Gu Shaoshang cleared the distortion from his perceptions and saw the continent suspended ninety million miles above the ground.
• Little Gourd explained that the monkey was an ancient royal descendant who had died during an attempted breakthrough, and Gu Shaoshang ordered him to kill it quickly.